There is no happiness, there is no liberty, there is no enjoyment of life, unless a man can say, when he rises in the morning, I shall be subject to the decision of no unwise judge today.

Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.

No power but Congress can declare war, but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may make such military movements as must bring on war?

Power naturally and necessarily follows property.

Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest